Aqueon Coralife 00232 Digital Thermometer

by Aqueon

Product Features

• Attaches to aquarium via small suction cup
• 3 foot long temperature probe for large size aquariums
• Battery included
• Ideal for aquariums and terrariums
• Readings in 0.1-Degree Fahrenheit or Celsius

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 0.4 x 1.9 inches ; 1.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002DI4TO
• Item model number: 05032
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #694 in Pet Supplies (See Top 100 in Pet Supplies)
  • #16 in Health & Personal Care > Health Care > Thermometers

Product Description

The Coralife Digital Thermometer features an easy to read digital display with temperature in either Fahrenheit or Celsius depending on your choice.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 2 degrees off, November 4, 2010

By 

nestor - See all my reviews

I bought this for accuracy but it isn't really. I went online and found a ton of blogs where people were going off on this thermometer. Basically everyone was saying how it was always showing a cooler temp than the tank actually was. Everyone was "cooking" their fish and or plants because they kept turning up their heaters to compensate. Be careful. I bought four different mercury thermometers to test this out. They all read warmer temperatures than the digital one was showing.

All the blogs I found started from around 3 to 4 years ago to present. I guess the company hasn't quite got the quality control corrected yet. Some people's digital thermometers were way more off than mine. Some people said they bought several more and kept getting incorrect readings.

Mine always showed 2 degrees cooler than was the actual temperature. Be careful. Be warned.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Most inaccurate item ever used, February 8, 2011

By 

R. Kelly (LV PA) - See all my reviews
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This is the most inaccurate thermometer I have ever used.
I own 4 of these and they are all at least 4 degrees off from each other, most are 7 degrees off.

I actually have two of these on the same aquarium for the past 2 months and they read as follows right now:

One on the right corner: 73.4
One on the left corner: 77.8

You decide how good these are and if you want to chance it. Me, I'm replacing mine with something a lot more reliable.

If you are used to using something like the stick on ones on your freshwater aquarium this will be fine. If you have a saltwater reef system like I do you will not be happy with it at all.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very inaccurate, August 1, 2011

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Salty - See all my reviews

I bought this thermometer for my reef tank about 4 years ago and find it to be extremely inaccurate. I've experienced the same problem with the thermometer as others have already commented; lower than actual temperature readings. It wouldn't be that much of a problem if the difference between the actual temperature and what is displayed were constant but it's not. There are wild swings in the temperature reading. Right now, the actual temperature in my tank is 82F but what is displayed is 72.1F almost a 10 degree difference. Yesterday it was reading around 78F. I have two other thermometers in my tank and they are reading the same temperature +/- 0.1 degree. I can't figure out what makes the coralife have such varying temperature readings since it's been in the same location in the tank from day one and I have one of my other thermometers no more than an inch away and that one reads accurately. Bottom line, don't buy it but if you do decide to purchase this product, compare the temperature reading with another thermometer for a week or two.